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Part 1 Forming the earth: a first look at planet earth; minerals; igneous processes and igneous rocks; volcanoes and volcanism; weathering - the breakdown of rocks; sedimentation and sedimentary rocks; metamorphism and metamorphic rocks; telling time geologically. Part 2 Shaping the Earth's crust: folds, faults and mountains; earthquakes; geophysical properties of planet earth; plate tectonics - creating oceans and continents. Part 3 Sculpting the Earth's surface: mass movement; streams and floods; groundwater; caves and karst; glaciers and ice ages; deserts and wind action; shores and coastal processes; human use of Earth's resources.